LOVE POEM TO MEDUSA



Snakes!?!?

Why have I fallen for snakes?
Why not shoes
Or even ships or sealing wax
To fan my flames
Toward Pirate Jenny
Or Cleopatra on the Nile
Or the queen of some fairy-tale country
Whose scribes would letter our love
In gold on royal scrolls?
Why does it have to be snakes?

True, I could do worse:
Beyond the ritual singles-bar blather
You have thousands of years
Of tales to tell
And your snakes
Do give you character.

But I am frozen with fear
As I face the thought
Of standing in the park
Insulted by pigeons forever.



                                      Thomas G. Digby
                                      Entered 1120 hr  3/10/84
                                      Edited  2320 hr  3/05/86